Which is all just accoutrement to the scene that is Pod. Wahlberg fit in, as did cocktails named after the colors of the rainbow ("Blue," "Orange," etc.), and Tron, which was playing on a loop on the televisions behind us.

Could I describe the food? Sure, but I'm telling you, it's only part of the ensemble cast at work here. The miso soup was among the best I've had, thanks to generous portioning of tofu and fresh green onion. The dumplings were steamed with a tangy dipping sauce inside of them, a magical and satisfying trick. The "tuna three way" special, which featured tuna tartare, spicy tuna with mango roll, and a spicy tuna taco with large pieces of sashimi in a puffed noodle shell, succeeded for both the mouth and the eye. The bulk of our meal was sushi a la carte, including yellow tail and rainbow roll, among other selections. The sushi doesn't rival the freshness of Sagami or even Genji, but it was still very good.

With my second drink, a sake mojito that I highly recommend, I settled into my star-gazing and hipster posturing. Definitely a good time.

3 comments:

You're wrong about the freshness of sushi at Pod. I've eaten at the places you list numerous times and the sushi at Pod is absolutely the freshest you can get...of course the conveyor belt sushi isn't as fresh, but anything you get from the sushi counter is as fresh as it can be, and the flavors reflect this.

You may be right, Anonymous, having recently ordered Genji through diningin.com and found the sashimi sampler to be less than fresh and certainly less fresh than Pod. Both Pod and Genji were on sampled on Sunday nights, however, which may be a low point for freshness. I'll certainly be giving Pod another try.